“Then plum pottage, much like our beloved mince pies, took shape over the 17 th and 18 th centuries, as the recipe’s meat was gradually left out in favor of suet. It was the invention of the ...

As an American living in Britain in the 1990s, my first exposure to Christmas pudding was something of a shock. I had ...

Sometimes called plum pudding, Christmas pudding is made with dried fruits, egg, fat of some sort, brandy and molasses, spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger.

In 1845, just two years after the publication of A Christmas Carol, cookery writer Eliza Acton offered up four plum pudding recipes in Modern Cookery for Private Families, two of which are ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - It was a big celebration when the plum pudding came to the Cratchit’s table in “A Christmas Carol,” but how many people nowadays have actually even tried it? Chef Katie MacKay, ...

You may sometimes hear people calling Christmas pudding plum pudding, but don't get it twisted—there are no plums involved. ... In the famous novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, ...

Christmas pudding is a traditional Christmas dessert made with a combination of dried fruits, nuts, eggs or molasses, spices, flour and butter. Steaming is generally the cooking method used to ...

Traditional Irish Christmas plum pudding recipe. Ingredients: 10 eggs; 1 cup white flour; 4 teaspoon cinnamon; 2 teaspoons allspice; 2 teaspoons nutmeg; 4 ounces chopped almond pieces ...